[linux-audio-user] seeking a software sampler for Linux
Emiliano Grilli
emillo at libero.it
Mon Jan 20 04:51:01 EST 2003
> Hello to all,
>
> I´m searching for some kind of a HALion replacement on Linux. Just a
> simple engine that responses to MIDI Note on/off and Main Volume per
> channel, and that can be triggered using some sequencer (as MUSE or
> Rosegarden).
>
> Any hint would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Florian Berger, Leipzig, Germany
The two main choices that I'm aware of are:
* iiwusynth (http://www.hanappe.org/iiwusynth.html)
a soundfont-enabled sampler that is already included in MusE (click on
config-->Soft Synhtesizer, add an istance; click on Config-->Midi
ports, select the iiwu port and then click on "GUI": this brings up a
window in which you can choose a soundfont)
* timidity (http://www.onicos.com/staff/iz/timidity/),
that can be started in ALSA server mode (of course you must have ALSA
drivers, not OSS) like this: `timidity -iA -B2,8`.
You can load soundfonts by specifying them in the timidity.cfg
file (on my system is /usr/share/timidity/timidity.cfg) simply adding
the line
soundfont /path/to_my/soundfont.sf2
and comment out anything else.
You can find a huge amount of soundfonts on www.hammersound.net or you
can create your own with swami (http://swami.sourceforge.net/)
HTH
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